PLANet, Strohl Systems’ online business continuity planning tool for community financial institutions, now offers an emergency notification feature for community banks or credit unions to contact employees and vendors in a time of crisis. PLANet Notification, powered by the proven infrastructure of Varolii, enables users to make phone calls, send e-mails and use other contact devices to deliver consistent messages quickly in order to start recovery sooner.

“Over 1,200 financial institutions currently use PLANet to build their business continuity plans,” said Eric Strohl, president of Strohl Systems. “PLANet Notification now gives them access to seamlessly incorporate emergency notifications into their response plan. During a disaster or even an exercise, the return on investment will be realized immediately in terms of a faster and more precise response.”

Additional features of this new offering include:
* Two-way notifications – the ability to receive and process information from recipients.
* Makes use of a secure, reliable network that successfully sent over 230 million messages last year alone.
* Delivery methods include mobile phone, landline, fax, PDA, SMS, BlackBerry or pager (both one-way and two-way).
* An unlimited number of business continuity messages is included with each subscription.

This new feature has additional benefits as well. Aside from being used as an emergency notification service, PLANet Notification can be used to conduct surveys or deliver critical organization-wide employee announcements.

For more information about PLANet and PLANet Notification, visit www.planetstrohl.com

•Date: 1st May 2008• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Crisis communications
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